Art journalist and critic, Leanne Goebel, granted membership in the International Art Critics Association, USA Chapter.

Goebel granted membership in International Art Critics Association

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Art journalist and critic, Leanne Goebel, has been granted membership in the International Art Critics Association, USA Chapter. Goebel is a freelance writer specializing in the visual arts. She writes from Southwest Colorado.
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The International Association of Art Critics (AICA), founded in 1948/1949 in Paris and originally affiliated with UNESCO as an NGO ("non-governmental organization"). At present there are 64 member nations representing more than 4,000 art critics.
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Membership in AICA is a professional honor. The organization is open to critics who have been writing in the field of contemporary art at a high level and on a continuous basis for at least three years. (Contemporary art is defined as art made since 1900). Criticism may take the form of publications in reputable art magazines or journals, art critiques in daily papers or periodicals, reports on art for radio, or TV programs, books on contemporary art or art criticism and critical essays published in museum catalogues.
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Goebel applied for membership based upon her repertoire of contemporary art criticism for the Durango Herald and her writings in many other regional publications.
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?This is an honor for me and I?m thrilled to be able to network with other art critics. I look forward to all the opportunities that membership will bring,? Goebel said.
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AICA USA, headquartered in New York, is the largest national section, with a membership of over 400 distinguished critics, curators, scholars, and art historians around the country. AICA/USA is intent on international communication, elevating the values of art criticism as a discipline and acting on behalf of the physical and moral defense of works of art.
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